No Money to Cultivate Immortality? - Chapter 832 (Patreon)

Chapter 832: The Stronger The Cultivation, The Stronger The Capability

True Lord Magneto’s group arrived at the transportation hub of Central Pole Heaven. The instant they crossed the gate of the space-transit station, they felt yin qi invading them. From their bodies to their thoughts and primordial spirits, a chill seemed to seep into every part of them.

“So this is the Old Days Graveyard?” True Lord Magneto thought to himself. “It really is just as the rumors say. Not a place suited for the living.”

Beside him, however, Divine Lord Yinquan took in a deep breath, feeling the nourishment of the yin qi in the air. Even his primordial spirit seemed to become a little livelier.

Clearly, as a Divine Transformation cultivator of the Netherworld University lineage, Divine Lord Yinquan was far better adapted to the Old Days Graveyard’s environment because of the techniques he cultivated, as well as his Law Husk and primordial spirit.

Teacher Gao’s gaze shifted, and dotted arrows had already been projected inside the Spiritual Realm, pointing toward the Ghost Letter Department.

He said, “Let’s go. Zhang Yu should be waiting for us.”

The three of them turned into three streaks of Divine Light and crossed the sky. In the blink of an eye, they had already arrived above the Ghost Letter Department.

However, as outsourced personnel, they were set to 99 percent transparency in the settings of many sect affairs officers, existing as entities who were simply ignored.

As a result, even after they circled once above the Ghost Letter Department and then waited at the entrance of the office building for a long time, no one seemed to pay them any attention.

Seeing this, True Lord Magneto gave a wry smile and said, “As expected. The cultivators in this sect basically don’t put outsourced cultivators in their eyes. They may even be directly blocking us.”

Just then, two figures quickly walked out from the office building and headed straight toward True Lord Magneto’s group of three.

Teacher Gao’s gaze shifted, and he suddenly discovered that the people coming out were Yu Xinghan and Ye Xingli.

The Divine Light around them drew in slightly. True Lord Magneto and Teacher Gao stepped forward and smiled. “You came too.”

Yu Xinghan, like Zhang Yu, came from the Civil Engineering Department. Although he had not received Teacher Gao’s guidance the way Zhang Yu had, he had likewise attended Teacher Gao’s classes and received help from this former director of the Civil Engineering Department. They could also be considered teacher and student.

As for True Lord Magneto and Ye Xingli, they had originally been master and disciple in the Artifact Refinement Department. Ye Xingli had entered True Lord Magneto’s tutelage several years earlier than Zhang Yu had.

Now that these two pairs of master and disciple were meeting inside the sect, all of them sighed with emotion. They greeted one another and began chatting about how things had been recently.

Looking at Ye Xingli, True Lord Magneto said, “I didn’t expect Zhang Yu to transfer you over too.”

Ye Xingli said, “If Deputy Chairman Zhang hadn’t called on me by name, I probably wouldn’t have had this opportunity. I’d still be holed up in the Myriad Husk Pavilion doing miscellaneous hard labor.”

Although Zhang Yu had told Ye Xingli not to follow the sect’s social customs and said it was fine to call him junior brother directly, the longer Ye Xingli stayed in the sect, the more she felt that doing so was extremely inappropriate.

So she asked Tianwen Xing about her hesitation.

This High-Intelligence Artifact Spirit gave Ye Xingli a feeling somewhat like the poor-person simulator she had used in the lower realm in the past.

The difference was that behind the poor-person simulator, there might have been real poor ghosts, Soul Cultivators, participating.

Behind the High-Intelligence Artifact Spirit, however, was an intelligence entity that truly encompassed countless pieces of sect information.

Tianwen Xing: Yes, this is a typical sect interpersonal-relations problem. The questioner has actually already faintly sensed that something is wrong, which is why she has come to verify it. Judging from the previous information, the questioner and her junior brother may both have relatively retro mindsets, so the answer should...

Tianwen Xing: Your current worry and hesitation over the form of address are very reasonable. From your previous description, your junior brother possesses the old-cultivator quality of cherishing past bonds. Between the two of you, there is a master-disciple connection that surpasses the usual ties among new-generation Kunxu people. Calling him by the old form of address can indeed further stabilize your bond.

But you must note that he has now already been promoted into leadership and possesses Rank 4, while you are a Rank 1 newcomer. In a sect workplace setting, especially in front of other colleagues, it is not recommended that you call your leader junior brother...

In the end, Ye Xingli decided to call Zhang Yu junior brother in private, while still addressing him by his position at work.

And hearing the way Ye Xingli addressed him, True Lord Magneto also felt a faint sigh in his heart. He seemed to recall the days back at university, when Zhang Yu had still followed behind Ye Xingli learning Artifact Refinement. Now, before anyone realized it, the two of them had already become superior and subordinate inside the sect.

Divine Lord Yinquan, standing nearby, looked at the scene of the two pairs of master and disciple chatting. He could not help feeling a trace of envy rise in his heart. “All four of them were transferred over because they have ties to Zhang Yu.”

“Looking at it now, Zhang Yu’s promotion tool is big and fast. As long as you get a little bit of it on you, you can gain an opportunity...”

“The Old Days Graveyard’s environment also suits me quite well. That is probably also why Zhang Yu transferred me here.”

Divine Lord Yinquan made up his mind. He absolutely had to grip Zhang Yu, this promotion tool, tightly, make use of his own strengths, and strive to earn more money by Zhang Yu’s side.

“Wang Yin hasn’t been in the sect for long. This is probably exactly when he needs immortal coins...”

Led by Yu Xinghan, the group arrived at a meeting room. Yu Xinghan said to the three Divine Transformation cultivators, “Deputy Chairman Zhang is still in a meeting. He’ll be able to come over later.”

…

At the same time, an important meeting concerning the reconstruction plan for the Old Days Graveyard development zone was being held across the Spiritual Realm among the leaders of the Management Committee.

At the head seat of the Spiritual Realm meeting room, Xiao Yunhe, the current chairman of the Management Committee, a Tribulation-Transcending cultivator with Rank 7, was presiding over the meeting.

On both sides of the meeting room sat a total of four deputy chairmen, including Zhang Yu.

However, aside from Zhang Yu, the other three deputy chairmen were all Void-Refining cultivators with Rank 6.

This made Zhang Yu, who was likewise a deputy chairman but only had Rank 4 and Divine Transformation cultivation, appear incomparably conspicuous inside the Spiritual Realm meeting room.

Under the flow of ultra-high-speed information, countless words and images were transmitted to every cultivator attending the meeting along with Chairman Xiao Yunhe’s explanation.

Suddenly, Chairman Xiao Yunhe stopped, looked at Zhang Yu, and asked, “Deputy Chairman Zhang, what do you think?”

In an instant, the other three deputy chairmen also focused their gazes on Zhang Yu.

Only, within those gazes were scrutiny, probing, amusement at the prospect of watching a show, and anticipation of Zhang Yu making a fool of himself.

In this kind of high-level leadership meeting of the Management Committee, everyone’s thinking speed was accelerated by more than a hundredfold.

But the amount of information Void-Refining cultivators and Tribulation-Transcending cultivators could process after their thinking was accelerated was already far beyond what a Divine Transformation cultivator could compare to. Even if all of them were accelerated by the same hundredfold, the gap between them would only grow larger.

In everyone’s eyes, Zhang Yu, with only a mere Divine Transformation cultivation level, had probably long since fallen behind the train of thought in the meeting. He was about to embarrass himself.

Another deputy chairman, Xie Lanyin, a Rank 6 Void-Refining cultivator, looked coldly at this scene and thought to herself, “Hmph. It isn’t that I look down on Divine Transformation cultivators. It’s just that with Divine Transformation cultivation, even your thoughts can’t keep up. And he’s someone who only came up from the lower realm two years ago. What could he understand about sect construction? And he wants to sit firmly in the position of deputy chairman of the Management Committee?”

In Xie Lanyin’s view, with the gap in cultivation and the gap in rank, even if Zhang Yu had been pushed into this position by others, he had still touched something he was unworthy of possessing. If he quietly acted as a mascot, he might be able to muddle through until the project ended. Otherwise, he would only be thrown down.

But in the next moment, under everyone’s slightly surprised gazes, Zhang Yu spoke with calm assurance. “Reconstruction work cannot be carried out blindly. Judging from the current assessment, the cleanup work for the entire Labyrinth Realm is extremely complicated.”

“How should abandoned factories and extinguished enterprises be handled? Does the original industrial positioning from three years ago still suit the current market? These are all things we need to consider.”

“In addition, there is also the disposal and resource conversion of ruins. Although large areas of the Labyrinth Realm have already been turned into ruins under the destruction of berserk corpse units, if we can recover the berserk corpse units one by one, then screen and transform all kinds of construction materials, that will become a major aid for our reconstruction work going forward...”

Hearing Zhang Yu speak so confidently, Deputy Chairman Xie Lanyin snorted coldly in her heart. “Looks like he used some artifact or Spiritual Realm service.”

At the same time, Fu Ji was sighing inwardly in Zhang Yu’s heart. “Damn it... The gap in cultivation and realm makes even having a meeting this hard.”

Zhang Yu was also secretly glad. If he did not have the multiplied thinking brought by the Heart (Inner Incarnate Body) and the true avatar brought by the Myriad Transformations Freedom Profound Art, he probably would not have been able to keep up with the meeting speed of these Void-Refining cultivators present.

“But I... am already doing everything I can, while they still have plenty of ease to spare.”

Zhang Yu sighed inwardly. This was the gap in governance level and productivity brought about by the gap in cultivation.

“And meetings are only the most basic aspect.”

Watching the deputy chairmen around the conference table each seize various tasks, Zhang Yu thought to himself, “The stronger the cultivation, the stronger the capability.”

“They possess Void-Refining cultivation. They themselves are the strongest productivity they command. They can scramble for tasks and seize authority without any misgivings.”

Zhang Yu knew that if he allowed these Void-Refining cultivators to take all the work, then his influence in the Management Committee would fall to the lowest point. Even if the development zone were rebuilt in the future, none of the credit would have anything to do with him.

After all, the chairman and deputy chairmen of the Management Committee could rely on their powerful cultivation to complete the vast majority of the work required for reconstruction. While actively taking on and completing these tasks, they would naturally grasp the greatest authority within the Management Committee and obtain the greatest achievements.

And under the sect’s strict monitoring, it was far too easy to see whether someone was just slacking off and muddling through.

At that point, the tempering given to him from above, or rather the test, would count as Zhang Yu’s failure.

But with his mere Divine Transformation cultivation, how could he compete with Void-Refining cultivators? How could he obtain greater achievements in the reconstruction work?

“I still have to rely on the power Senior Ying gave me...”

The words the Giant Corpse had once said surfaced again in Zhang Yu’s mind.

“In Kunxu, as long as something is the power of an immortal, it can extend into authority. But how great an effect this authority can ultimately produce, and how much profit it can bring, depends entirely on one’s heart and on the user’s methods.”

Zhang Yu thought, “The ability Senior Ying gave me granted me the authority to restore the Labyrinth Realm’s chaotic space. That is my ticket to becoming deputy chairman of the Management Committee.”

“But if I only restore the Dimensional Structure according to requirements, then I’ll only become a tool for the Void-Refining Dao Lords, a tool for them to rebuild the development zone.”

“I need to use this authority to expand my influence in the Management Committee, and try to narrow the capability gap between myself and the Void-Refining Dao Lords.”

“Then... where should I start?”

Just as thoughts surged in Zhang Yu’s mind, Zhanxian had already said, “corpse units.”

Zhang Yu nodded inwardly. “There are many Divine Transformation-level corpse units in the Labyrinth Realm, and even some Void-Refining-level ones. Relying on the ability Senior Ying gave me, I can suppress them and command them inside the Immortal Space.”

Originally, transforming berserk corpse units into grotto-heaven divine beasts was still limited by the range of the grotto-heaven. It was difficult for the corpse units to have an effect on the material world outside the grotto-heaven.

But ever since Zhang Yu’s Immortal Descendant had risen to Level 6, he had gained the ability of grotto-heaven manifestation, allowing him to cover a radius of one thousand meters with his grotto-heaven. This greatly increased the grotto-heaven divine beasts’ ability to influence the material world.

Zhang Yu thought, “If I can subdue Void-Refining-level berserk corpse units, then I’ll be able to greatly narrow the capability gap between myself and Void-Refining cultivators.”

Fu Ji reminded him, “And although these Void-Refining cultivators’ cultivation is deep and unfathomable, their capabilities are stronger than ours, and they can also use the power of legal articles, the stronger their capabilities, the greater their burden. They also have other projects of their own to work on, and assets of their own that need to grow.”

“So they can’t possibly put all of their cultivation into the reconstruction of the development zone. But we can. We are betting everything, throwing all our strength into the development zone.”

Hearing this, Zhang Yu nodded slightly and thought, “It’s just like how the immortals’ power won’t be used downward lightly, but must be invested into projects that maintain high growth. Although Void-Refining cultivators are not quite like immortals, they also can’t possibly put all their cultivation into a single piece of work.”

“This is the inevitable result of the profit-seeking nature of Kunxu cultivators.”

At the same time, the meeting’s next-stage cleanup plan for rebuilding the development zone had more or less been perfected.

Although Zhang Yu had just demonstrated that he could keep up with the meeting speed, during this period, neither the chairman nor the other deputy chairmen asked Zhang Yu anything else.

After all, in their view, Zhang Yu, who only possessed Divine Transformation cultivation, just needed to follow along peacefully and get through the reconstruction project with them. He should not come out and tell them what to do.

Seeing that the meeting was about to end, Deputy Chairman Xie Lanyin thought, “This Zhang Yu seems to know his place. He should just be a good tool for restoring the Dimensional Structure and not drag the project down.”

Just then, Zhang Yu suddenly spoke. “Chairman, regarding the cleanup of berserk corpse units, there are a few points I would like to mention.”

Chairman Xiao Yunhe nodded. The other three deputy chairmen also looked over one after another.

One Tribulation-Transcending cultivator and three Void-Refining cultivators. Even though they were currently crossing the Spiritual Realm and had not released any pressure, the ultra-high information volume they naturally carried within the Spiritual Realm was enough to make Zhang Yu feel a burst of nervousness, stimulating his mana into a slight acceleration.

Zhang Yu silently circulated his Breathing Techniques, stabilized the mana inside his body, and said calmly, “Because the Labyrinth Realm’s range is extremely large, the restoration of its chaotic space needs to be carried out in multiple steps.”

“Secondly, quite a few of the berserk corpse units inside the Labyrinth Realm contain Grotto-Heaven Power left behind by the rebel immortal Ying Xintian. If it is not cleared away one by one, I fear it may cause problems in the restoration of the Dimensional Structure and create unpredictable errors.”

Chairman Xiao Yunhe said indifferently, “What do you mean?”

Zhang Yu said, “I hope that during the cleanup of the Labyrinth Realm, all berserk corpse units can be sent to my side so that I can complete the clearing of their Grotto-Heaven Power.”

On the other side, Deputy Chairman Xie Lanyin frowned and said with a doubtful expression, “Will that small amount of Grotto-Heaven Power sealed inside the corpse units really affect the restoration of the Dimensional Structure? Do you have concrete proof?”

Although the vast majority of berserk corpse units were not worth much individually, the berserk corpse units in the entire Labyrinth Realm, especially with quite a few Divine Transformation and Void-Refining corpse units among them, were an extremely valuable fortune.

In particular, the Management Committee had been jointly established by multiple sects. For a Void-Refining cultivator from the Whitebone Cult like Deputy Chairman Xie Lanyin, the value of corpse units was something she cared about even more.

For her to collect berserk corpse units for Zhang Yu for nothing was naturally something she was unwilling to do.

But facing Xie Lanyin’s doubts, Zhang Yu only said indifferently, “This is the situation I sensed after mastering the immortal inheritance. If Deputy Chairman Xie Lanyin feels it is unnecessary, then that is fine too. When problems arise in the restoration of the Dimensional Structure, you can bear the consequences.”

Xie Lanyin looked deeply at Zhang Yu and did not continue questioning him.

The Labyrinth Realm, the chaotic space, and the Grotto-Heaven Power had all been left behind by Ying Xintian.

As for the things Zhang Yu mentioned, aside from Zhang Yu himself, the other cultivators present found it difficult to judge whether they were true or false. If they wanted to restore the Dimensional Structure, they could only do as Zhang Yu said.

Zhang Yu understood in his heart that this was likewise the gap brought about by the higher cultivation and higher-dimensional capability represented by Ying Xintian, as well as the influence this gap had on power and authority.

Seeing that his suggestion had been approved at the meeting, Zhang Yu felt a slight relief in his heart. He thought to himself, “With more berserk corpse units, I can further increase my productivity.”

“After Teacher Gao arrives, he can also use his skilled Earth-Wood Techniques to help collect materials in the Labyrinth Realm. Teacher Magneto can help me modify corpse units and build production lines. If there are technical areas related to corpse units that I don’t understand, I can also obtain support from Yinquan...”

Although the opening appeared to be going smoothly, Zhang Yu knew that all of this was only the beginning. These cultivators before him, who came from different sects, represented different interest groups, and possessed higher cultivation, would absolutely not sit back and allow him to expand his influence in the Management Committee and push forward his own ideals.

Just like the matter of collecting berserk corpse units. Having it approved at the meeting was one thing. The remaining execution was another matter altogether. When the time came, these cultivators before him and their subordinates might not necessarily cooperate with him wholeheartedly.

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